US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says NATO countries have a “green light” to send fighter jets to Ukraine. The move could exacerbate the situation in Eastern Europe
A decision that could lead to escalation: NATO countries have the approval to send fighter jets to Ukraine as the US and its allies continue their efforts to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian invasion.
“It has been given the green light,” Blinken said in an interview with the CNS program when asked if the Polish government, a member of NATO, could send fighter jets to Ukraine. Their needs if in fact they choose to supply these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What can we do? How can we help make sure they get something that will fill in the gaps, the planes they are handing over to the Ukrainians. “
A White House spokesman told CBS that the Biden administration was working to provide Poland with aircraft so they could give Ukraine, but noted that there were a number of questions arising from the decision to do so, including what aircraft they could be.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provoked worldwide support for the Ukrainian people and a united response from the West. The US and European allies have provided military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia’s largest financial institutions, Russian oligarchs and senior Moscow officials, including President Vladimir Putin himself and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as part of efforts to cut Russia off Putin’s financial system. He said on Saturday that the sanctions were “like war”.